Incorporating Information Literacy into Climate Change TeachingLura Joseph, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign This module contains 10 topics related to finding and evaluating scientific information related to climate change. The skills learned are transferable to any subject area. Each topic includes exercises.

Effectively engaging with climate skepticsJessica Kleiss, Lewis and Clark College One of my persistent challenges as a climate scientist involves friendly conversations with my extended (climate skeptic) family over the Thanksgiving table, as I try to inform and guide their perceptions about ...

California Climate: Pacific Ocean ConnectionVincent Devlahovich, College of the Canyons I use this lesson as a group assignment in my Earth Science classes. In the face-to-face and field studies classes, the groups present their findings/and recommendations to the class on the last meeting day.

Discover Clues from a Colder Climate with GeoMapApp DATA: Global Digital Elevation Model (DEM) TOOLS: GeoMapApp, Spreadsheet SUMMARY: Use GeoMapApp to search for evidence of glacial expansion and retreat. Produce a research report of your findings modeled on peer-reviewed papers in the field of glaciology.

Hot Topics in Global WarmingElizabeth Johnson, James Madison University Students locate and write about current climate change research using the 2007 IPCC report. This information literacy project is designed to help students learn how to find, read, and explain peer-reviewed ...

Public Service Announcement (PSA) About Climate Change (Higher Ed)Juliette Rooney-Varga, UMass Lowell Producing a PSA is an ideal culminating project for an interdisciplinary course on climate change and related topics. The PSA assignment requires high-level synthesis of content and, through it, students learn first-hand about the challenges of communicating about climate change to a general audience in a compelling way. The assignment offers the opportunity for students to engage with the material, consider what they want society to understand or do, use creativity and twenty-first century technology and communication tools, and become empowered to enter societal discourse about climate change.

Mock Environmental SummitRebecca Teed, Wright State University-Main Campus At the end of a six-week class or unit on global warming, students role-play representatives from various countries and organizations at an international summit on global warming. -